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Commonality is rare Commonality for Third World Countries is rare Commonality for Afghanistan is rare Commonality for Pakistan is rare Commonality for South Africa is rare Commonality for Zimbabwe is rare Commonality for East Africa is rare Commonality for Sub Saharan Africa is rare |
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Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help with some of the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present. IMPORTANT: Selenium is toxic in high doses. Massive overdoses can cause kidney failure, breathing difficulty and death. Selenium should only be taken at healthy levels which the body is able to tolerate.
Recommendation: no recommendation (Available evidene does not support claims that selenium helps to prevent or treat hepatitis)
Grade of Evidence: very low quality of evidence
Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help with some of the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.
Recommendation: no recommendation (There is insufficient evidence to support claims that Chlorella helps to treat hepatitis in any way)
Grade of Evidence: very low quality of evidence
* www.gradeworkinggroup.org
Treatments:
1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1955130?dopt=Abstract
2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15188169?dopt=Abstract
3. http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec03/ch027/ch027b.html#sec03-ch027-ch027b-448
4. Ades T, Alteri R, Gansler T, Yeargin P, "Complete Guide to Complimentary & Alternative Cancer Therapies", American Cancer Society, Atlanta USA, 2009
5. Nakano, S et al. “Maternal-fetal distribution and transfer of dioxins in pregnant women in Japan, and attempts to reduce maternal transfer with Chlorella (Chlorella pyrenoidosa) supplements...” Chemosphere 2005 Dec; 61(9): 1244–55.
6. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=11347287&dopt=Abstract
7. http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/chlorella
8. http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/selenium?sitearea=ETO
9. http://www.cancer.gov/Templates/doc.aspx?viewid=ED8AD8E8-6AE5-458D-8091-393F4CB73F0D
10. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-selenium.html
11. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9290116
12. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9829869
13. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10335455
14. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2136228
15. http://www.springerlink.com/content/v0r644v4ju5153k2/
16. http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/101/5/283